Lineage and Honors Information as of 8 April 2011
2d BATTALION, 17th FIELD ARTILLERY REGIMENT
Constituted 1 July 1916 in the Regular Army as Battery B, 17th Field Artillery
Organized 6 June 1917 at Camp Robinson, Wisconsin
(17th Field Artillery assigned 21 September 1917 to the 2d Division; relieved 18 December 1920 from assignment to the 2d Division; assigned 22 July 1929 to the 1st Division; relieved 1 January 1930 from assignment to the 1st Division and assigned to the 2d Division; relieved 16 October 1939 from assignment to the 2d Division)
Reorganized and redesignated 1 March 1944 as Battery B, 17th Field Artillery Battalion
Inactivated 16 April 1946 at Camp Kilmer, New Jersey
Activated 1 August 1946 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Inactivated 24 January 1948 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma; concurrently, redesignated as Battery C, 17th Field Artillery Battalion
Activated 15 December 1948 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Inactivated 1 June 1958 in Korea
Redesignated 2 June 1958 as Headquarters and Headquarters Battery, 2d Howitzer Battalion, 17th Artillery (organic elements concurrently constituted)
Battalion activated 25 June 1958 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Redesignated 1 April 1968 as the 2d Battalion, 17th Artillery
Inactivated 26 April 1971 at Fort Lewis, Washington
Redesignated 1 September 1971 as the 2d Battalion, 17th Field Artillery
Assigned 13 September 1972 to the 2d Infantry Division and activated in Korea
Inactivated 16 April 1987 in Korea and relieved from assignment to the 2d Infantry Division
Activated 16 July 1988 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Inactivated 25 May 1996 at Fort Sill, Oklahoma
Assigned 5 June 1996 to the 2d Infantry Division and activated in Korea
Redesignated 1 October 2005 as the 2d Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment
Inactivated 16 March 2008 at Fort Carson, Colorado
Activated 17 October 2010 at Fort Lewis, Washington
CAMPAIGN PARTICIPATION CREDIT
World War I
*Aisne
*Aisne-Marne
*St. Mihiel
*Meuse-Argonne
*Lorraine 1918
*Ile de France 1918
World War II
*Tunisia
*Sicily (with arrowhead)
*Naples-Foggia
*Rome-Arno
*Southern France
*Rhineland
*Ardennes-Alsace
*Central Europe
Korean War
*UN Defensive
*UN Offensive
*CCF Intervention
*First UN Counteroffensive
*CCF Spring Offensive
*UN Summer-Fall Offensive
*Second Korean Winter
*Korea, Summer-Fall 1952
*Third Korean Winter
*Korea, Summer 1953
Vietnam *Defense *Counteroffensive *Counteroffensive, Phase II *Counteroffensive, Phase III *Tet Counteroffensive *Counteroffensive, Phase IV *Counteroffensive, Phase V *Counteroffensive, Phase VI *Tet 69/Counteroffensive *Summer-Fall 1969 *Winter-Spring 1970 *Sanctuary Counteroffensive *Counteroffensive, Phase VII
Southwest Asia *Defense of Saudi Arabia *Liberation and Defense of Kuwait
War on Terrorism
(Additional campaigns to be determined)
DECORATIONS
*Presidential Unit Citation (Army), Streamer embroidered PLEIKU PROVINCE
*Presidential Unit Citation (Navy), Streamer embroidered WONJU-HWACHON
*Meritorious Unit Commendation (Army), Streamer embroidered IRAQ 2006-2008
*Navy Unit Commendation, Streamer embroidered PANMUNJOM
*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered AISNE-MARNE
*French Croix de Guerre with Palm, World War I, Streamer embroidered MEUSE-ARGONNE
*French Croix de Guerre, World War I, Fourragere
*French Croix de Guerre with Silver-Gilt Star, World War II, Streamer embroidered ROME-ARNO
*Republic of Korea Presidential Unit Citation, Streamer embroidered KOREA 1950-1952
*Republic of Vietnam Cross of Gallantry with Palm, Streamer embroidered VIETNAM 1965-1971
BY ORDER OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY:
ROBERT J. DALESSANDRO
Director, Center of Military History